The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... authour's devotion to Dr. Johnson : like old lord Auchin- leck , he seemed to think it a kind of derogation . He was created a baronet in 1821 , but was un- fortunately killed in a duel , arising from a politi- cal dispute , near ...
... authour's devotion to Dr. Johnson : like old lord Auchin- leck , he seemed to think it a kind of derogation . He was created a baronet in 1821 , but was un- fortunately killed in a duel , arising from a politi- cal dispute , near ...
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... authour , several of John- son's letters to Mrs. Lucy Porter , written before 1775 , were obligingly communicated to me by the Rev. Dr. Vyse , and are printed in the present edition . MALONE . [ Several others , as has been already ...
... authour , several of John- son's letters to Mrs. Lucy Porter , written before 1775 , were obligingly communicated to me by the Rev. Dr. Vyse , and are printed in the present edition . MALONE . [ Several others , as has been already ...
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... authour , or concerning a ques- tion in antiquities , or any other subject in which human happiness is not deeply in terested , a man may treat his antagonist with politeness and even respect . But where the controversy is concerning ...
... authour , or concerning a ques- tion in antiquities , or any other subject in which human happiness is not deeply in terested , a man may treat his antagonist with politeness and even respect . But where the controversy is concerning ...
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... authour had been an Oxonian , and was remembered there for having " turned Papist . " I ob- served , that as he had changed several times - from the church of England to the church of Rome - from the church of Rome to infidelity , -I ...
... authour had been an Oxonian , and was remembered there for having " turned Papist . " I ob- served , that as he had changed several times - from the church of England to the church of Rome - from the church of Rome to infidelity , -I ...
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... authour of the forgery , and alleged that they were dupes and instruments in her hands , and to support this allegation , they and their friends , who were numerous and respectable , exaggerated to the highest degree Mrs. Rudd's ...
... authour of the forgery , and alleged that they were dupes and instruments in her hands , and to support this allegation , they and their friends , who were numerous and respectable , exaggerated to the highest degree Mrs. Rudd's ...
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